Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] KVM: nVMX: Enable nested apicv support

From: Wincy Van
Date: Thu Jan 29 2015 - 00:32:14 EST


On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Zhang, Yang Z <yang.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wincy Van wrote on 2015-01-28:
>> v1 ---> v2:
>> Use spin lock to ensure vmcs12 is safe when doing nested
>> posted interrupt delivery.
>> v2 ---> v3:
>> 1. Add a new field in nested_vmx to avoid the spin lock in v2.
>> 2. Drop send eoi to L1 when doing nested interrupt delivery.
>> 3. Use hardware MSR bitmap to enable nested virtualize x2apic
>> mode.
>> v3 ---> v4:
>> 1. Optimize nested msr bitmap merging.
>> 2. Allocate nested msr bitmap only when nested == 1.
>> 3. Inline the nested vmx control checking functions.
>
> This version looks good to me. Only minor comment: EXIT_REASON_APIC_WRITE vmexit is introduced by apic register virtualization not virtual interrupt delivery, so it's better add it in 4th patch not 5th patch.(If no other comments, I guess Paolo can help do it when applying it).
>
> Reviewed-by: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Yes, thank you for pointing out it ; )
Paolo, what's your opinion?


Thanks,
Wincy
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